SCOM Job Trends in Reading

Microsoft System Center Operations Manager (SCOM)
Berkshire > Reading

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Reading requiring SCOM skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 52 80 44
Rank change year-on-year +28 -36 +68
Permanent jobs citing SCOM 1 7 55
As % of all permanent jobs in Reading 0.18% 0.69% 5.61%
As % of the Systems Management category 2.17% 5.19% 25.35%
Number of salaries quoted 1 2 52
10th Percentile - - £32,500
25th Percentile £46,250 - £34,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £56,525 £42,920
Median % change year-on-year -15.97% +31.70% -33.97%
75th Percentile £48,750 - £56,525
90th Percentile - - £74,250
Berkshire median annual salary £50,000 £56,525 £40,420
% change year-on-year -11.54% +39.84% -35.33%

All Systems Management Skills
Reading

SCOM falls under the Systems Management category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring systems management skills in Reading.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 46 135 217
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Reading 8.49% 13.26% 22.12%
Number of salaries quoted 13 68 166
10th Percentile £53,750 £45,000 £34,000
25th Percentile £56,250 £48,925 £40,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £67,500 £56,525
Median % change year-on-year -3.70% +19.42% -13.04%
75th Percentile £80,000 £93,750 £74,250
90th Percentile - £112,500 £83,750
Berkshire median annual salary £49,500 £70,000 £56,525
% change year-on-year -29.29% +23.84% -13.04%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing SCOM relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Reading.

SCOM job vacancy trend in Reading

SCOM
Salary Trend in Reading

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing SCOM.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing SCOM

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Reading by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco ISE
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
1 1 (100.00%) Subversion
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Senior
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
1 1 (100.00%) Test Specialist
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Manual Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Scenario Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) V-Model
1 1 (100.00%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) ISTQB
1 1 (100.00%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) Terminal Server
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) Juniper
1 1 (100.00%) McAfee
1 1 (100.00%) VMware